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Japanese flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga); small Japanese flying squirrel; Japanese dwarf flying squirrel

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suffocation; choking; asphyxia

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puzzle; riddle

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indignation; resentment

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klesha

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preconception; prejudice

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anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

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daily employment; hiring by the day; day's wages

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poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent

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malnutrition; malnourishment

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to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other

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nape of the neck

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uh-oh; oops; sorry

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death from disease; death from illness

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fake goods; imitations

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deep realization (realisation); profound realization; one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted; unexpectedly obtaining something

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imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)

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to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

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to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

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certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt

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plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)

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Shōki the Plague-Queller; Zhong Kui (traditional Chinese deity said to prevent plagues and ward off evil beings); vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings, and reputedly able to command 80,000 demons; Shoki (WWII fighter aircraft)

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sanity; consciousness; soberness

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transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage

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parade float; festival float

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craftsman; skilled artisan

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hoisting (e.g. a flag); raising; flying; putting up

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laughing matter

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dry wind

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whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo

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selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment

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to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst

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cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds

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to turn a somersault

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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etiquette; good manners

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unexpected; unforeseen; strange

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to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon

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(public) peace; stability; tranquillity

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in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is

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going around; patrol; round; tour

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prowling about; traveling in secret; travelling in secret

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on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way

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suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously

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to parry; to sidestep; to dodge

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faraway; far-off

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(arch.) slow; (arch.) gradual; (arch.) steady; (arch.) calm; (arch.) composed; (arch.) relaxed

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jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)

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falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)

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